نیشنل پریس کلب صحافیوں کی مضبوط آواز ہے،، وفاقی وزیر اطلاعات عطاء اللہ تارڑ .National Press Club elections; Journalist panel wins 15 seats of the governing body……. …..;(Asghar Ali Mubarak)….
In the National Press Club elections, the Democrats panel won the important seats of the presidency and secretary. The Democrats also won 2 seats of the vice-presidents, the Journalist panel won seven seats of the executive body, out of 17 seats of the governing body, the Journalist panel won 15, and the Democrats won 2 seats. A total of 2180 voters exercised their right to vote. After the counting process on important seats was repeated several times, transparent results were compiled. According to the results, Abdul Razak Sial of the Democrats panel was declared successful on the seat of the president with 1067 votes. Her opponent, Nayyar Ali, the first female presidential candidate in the history of the National Press Club from the Journalists Panel, came in second with 1052 votes. Dr. Furqan Rao of The Democrats was also the winner of the Secretary seat with 1024 votes, defeating Khalid Mahmood of the Journalists Panel. Abid Abbasi of the Journalists Panel won the Finance Secretary seat with 1061 votes, while Khawar Nawaz Raja of The Democrats got 1032 votes. For the Vice President seat, Ehtesham-ul-Haq of the Journalists Panel got the most votes with 1202 votes, while Bashir Chaudhry and Usman Khan of The Democrats Panel also won. Sehrish Qureshi contested for the Vice President Women seat. The journalist panel won all three seats of the joint secretary. Shiraz Gardezi remained in the lead with 1228 votes. Shakeela Jalil of the journalist panel won the seat of joint secretary for women. On the other hand, out of the 17 seats of the governing body, 15 journalist panels won, while 2 seats went to the Democrats. In the governing body session, Aamir Rafique Butt, Usman Khan, Abrar Hussain Astori, Mudassar-ul-Hassan, Shahid Malik, Shakeel Awan, Asim Gilani, Nisar Ahmed, Mashkoor Ali, Sardari Safzai, Rana Usman, Nawabzada Khurshid, Muhammad Dawood, Usman Javed Malik, Miss Farah Rabbani, Miss Ayesha Naz were declared successful. Thus, in the total 28-seat house, the journalist panel got 22 seats, while the Democrats got a total of 6 seats, including the president and secretary. In the National Press Club elections, 15 out of 17 candidates from the journalist panel won a landslide victory in the governing body.